Light Brownies

I'm going to share a long time family favorite with you today.  This is a recipe I got from Tony's Mom, right after Mandie was born.   It is super easy and very yummy.  One note, they don't keep well.  About 2 days is the max.  So if you have a small family you may want to half this recipe and bake them in a 9x9.  That has never been much of a problem for our family, as we seem to eat them pretty much the same day we make them or by the next day anyway! ;-)  We made this recipe countless times for fundraisers when my 3 older girls were in high school.  In fact, Ashley's Senior year, she made these so many times she could probably do it in her sleep!

Light Brownies (sometimes called Blond Brownies in our family)

Lightly grease a 9x13 pan and preheat the oven to 325 F.

Mix together:

3/4 cup of butter or margarine (melted)
2 cups of brown sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla
2 eggs
2 cups plain flour

Spread into prepared pan.
Top with 1 cup of chocolate chips.
Can add chopped nuts, too, if desired.

Bake at 325 for 20 to 25 minutes, or until golden brown.

What's happening, now?

Good Morning!

This is a special day around our house.  It is our "Welcome to the Family" day for Carla and Matthew.  I have posted a little about my feelings on this special day at my Wordpress blog, The Journey of Waiting, if you are interested in reading more about it.  :-)

At home, my time is pretty much consumed in caring for and teaching the children.  We are getting ready to start week 4 of our school year.  So far things are going well, and it has been a joy to see how much the kid are growing and learning.   Teddy informed us last week, that he needed to learn Arabic, because God might want him to be a missionary someplace that as Americans we weren't able to go, but that he would be able to go because he was also Ecuadorian! (sometimes, I really do have to remind myself that he's only 10!)  

Things in our ministry are going forward.  We had a good attendance yesterday, of 156 in the Worship Service.  Tony continued his message series on 1 Peter.  Last night, we had a business meeting, and it was a blessing as we added 12 new members and there was just a great spirit of unity.  

Our outreach in Jaramijo went very well.  We had over 120 people out to listen and hear the gospel.  Many people asked about having a Bible Studies in their homes.  We are excited to see what God is going to do in this community.   Please make this a matter of prayer.  

You know when things are going well.  When people are getting saved and lives are being changed, Satan doesn't like it.  He will do everything he can to discourage us.  I would ask your prayers especially for a baby Christian, Joanna.  She is part of a large family, and several of them have come to know Christ, but it is our experience that every time, one of the family starts to climb out of the "pit" they have been living in, the rest of the family does everything they can to pull them back in!  

I have had the opportunity to start discipleship classes with another baby christian, Carol.  Please pray for her as she grows in her faith.  Carol has attended church off and on for many years with her husband.  She always had the right answers.  We have been praying along with her husband, Carlos, for a long time, that she would get saved, if she wasn't.  What a blessing it was to sit across from her at her kitchen table last week, and hear her testimony of how God worked in her heart, and how much had changed in her life in just a week since she had surrendered and accepted Christ as her Savior!   

You know God, really is in the business of saving and changing lives!   When we accept Him, we become "new creatures" and there is a change in the way we think, the way we respond.  

Current Prayer Requests:

Pray that we would be able to get Carla and Matthew's visas to travel to the US in a timely manner.

Pray for the Women's Conference, Oct. 26 & 27

Pray for the baby Christians in our church to continue to grow 

Pray for our economic situation and for God to add to our support team

Pray for the people in our church to step up to the plate in giving and serving

Blessings,

Joy